Ken
| Freeform radio for the chronically impatient. Avant-garde pop, poppy avant-garde, teutonic thump thump, loud guitars and guttural screaming. Playlists and photos posted in real time on the web so you can play along or comment at home or work.

Wed. 8/20/08 9:08am
Lizardner Dave:
That satanicpornocultshop tune reminded me of the background music on those 9/11 coin commercials. You know: "tastefully struck out of pure 18 carat gold, this commemorative collectible will be one you can cherish forever at only $19.95".

Wed. 8/20/08 9:09am
SWAMI:
I'm getting the vibe I used to get from that XTC album. . . the one with "Summer's Cauldron"

Wed. 8/20/08 9:18am
Doug:
So, wouldn't it have been easier to just control the studio computer remotely for all of the music ... or is that what you're doing?

Wed. 8/20/08 9:18am
doron:
he is really on the lake. its hard to do a whole show live from a row boat in the middle of a lake, keep an accuplaylist AND photograph/upload live pictures

Wed. 8/20/08 9:19am
JCityJensen:
Oh Man! You gotta do this show again when the lake freezes over!

Wed. 8/20/08 9:19am
annie:
ahhhh, technology

Wed. 8/20/08 9:19am
Negator:
Ken, you should do a show from a bathroom in a subway OR The "Green Zone"!

Wed. 8/20/08 9:22am
dei x:
despite 7SD, Kenny just keeps raising the bar. It's his own fault and we must abide!

Wed. 8/20/08 9:22am
frenchee:
HA, Doron, Ken can do anything. But I bet he's being ably assisted by all of you computer-savvy staffers. Bravo to everybody.PS: A subway bathroom show would be good, a PATH bathroom show even better.

Wed. 8/20/08 9:22am
jan:
photo forensics strongly indicate that the 2nd picture was made of the same lake and mountain as that shown above. It would help to see the some indication of the boat you are sitting in.

Wed. 8/20/08 9:23am
Ken:
Sorry, these picks were all taken before the swhow started. I;ll post more pics of the show in progress tomorrow.

Wed. 8/20/08 9:59am
paul:
this show reminds me of OCDJ's last show... unfortunately he seems to have deleted all his archives, as well as any other information about him on the internet that he possibly could. that makes me sad. i miss dan.

Wed. 8/20/08 10:03am
dc pat:
hate to be filled with doom but I predict disaster soon...

Wed. 8/20/08 10:04am
GP:
Sweet oarlock

Wed. 8/20/08 10:04am
m:
oh my god, you're right! that must have been recent -- i was just looking through ocdj's shows a month ago or so. very sad if they're gone forever...

Wed. 8/20/08 10:04am
annie:
2 more hours and alow battery? you will HAVE to put on iron butterfly!

Wed. 8/20/08 10:06am
jeff:
i would think poisoning & harassing bears is a crime in this state... not a family sport.

Wed. 8/20/08 10:07am
Paul the K:
How about some self shots and some shots of the radio "equipment" on the vessel.

Wed. 8/20/08 10:44am
Gigantor:
So what was that thing that sounded like Ivor? Was that the Chipmunks? Played realllly slow? Maybe Ivor recorded ALL the chipmunks songs?

Wed. 8/20/08 10:45am
Mike:
My gawd, forget the fact that "California Dreaming" was created before I was born and I've had to endure it thousands upon thousands of times. It is a, uh, great song. It must be. I've had to endure listening to it thousands and thousands of times, completely against my will. I guess I'm dumb and missing something. I'll think about it in the next 24 hours when I'm forced to listen to it yet again.

Wed. 8/20/08 10:46am
Fantod:
Ken's kids seem so much older suddenly.

Wed. 8/20/08 10:46am
swami:
Though I have heard this song a ton of times, hearing it on FMU recontextualizes it. For some reason it sounds better here than other places.

Wed. 8/20/08 10:47am
JCityJensen:
Bears eat people who listen to QUEEN especially guys named Harry or Barry who live near lakes....

Wed. 8/20/08 10:47am
JJZ:
Because you work at a store called "California Mattress"?

Wed. 8/20/08 10:48am
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There are no other radio stations there is only WFMU

Wed. 8/20/08 10:48am
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there is only ken

Wed. 8/20/08 10:49am
Mike:
My good friend was listening to Bohemian Rhapsody near Big Bear Lake and a cougar attacked him. Cougars don't even live in that area. Be careful of what you play.

Wed. 8/20/08 10:50am
annie:
these lids live in the heart of a metro area and there is NO RADIO to listen to? wow.

In completely unrelated news, there's a nifty new plugin for Winamp that lets you route the input through VST effects. I'm using it to route the stream through NI Reaktor at present.
http://www.winamp.com/plugins/details/146317

Wed. 8/20/08 10:59am
SeaDonkey:
Yeah no more Queen please - I'll be at the lakeside tavern waiting for all Queen Fans

Wed. 8/20/08 11:01am
dc pat:
play something off that new Ex album w/ Mekuria

Wed. 8/20/08 11:04am
GP:
Miley Cyrus is cool..its the Disney marketing juggarnaut that is annoying..If you watch the Disney channel or Nick you can't avoid the push. Although I draw the line at the "Naked Brothers Band" ( a group of unsupervised, HIGHLY annoying kids that have no talent but somehow got a T.V. show and all of the associated marketing that goes with that)..Our daughters sound like are about the same age. I try to play a lot of alternatives for her , some she likes, most she just thinks are weird.

Wed. 8/20/08 11:07am
C:
Pat. Were you at the Ex show at the Black Cat last week? Something else, right? As good as the band was, I thought the dancer stole the show.

Wed. 8/20/08 11:07am
Parq:
My daughter is newly college-age, and I speak from experience when I say that pushing "good" music on them is counterproductive. No kid wants to think of his or her parents as a source of what's cool. Daisy and Harry sound like they are squarely in the eye-rolling and door-slamming stages, respectively. But not at all respectfully.

Wed. 8/20/08 11:09am
Lizardner Dave:
Have we set the record for most playlist comments to a show from a boat yet?

Wed. 8/20/08 11:10am
Fred:
Comet has been shown to be an effective decay-preventive dentifrice that can be of significant value when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care.

Wed. 8/20/08 11:10am
dc pat:
Yeah, I was there--I thought the show was the best I've seen in years. That dancer was fekkin wild--my spouse got freaked out by him.

Wed. 8/20/08 11:10am
annie:
my son went from deep crushes for petula clark at ten to dep crushes on pearl jam at 15. i did my best to grok his need for it and i must say it really opened my eyes to the kids today. he is now 25 and well-adjusted.. whew!!

Wed. 8/20/08 11:11am
Lewis:
for a long time Junior Brown was my daughter's (Harry's age) favorite. She is also an authority on Lee Hazelwood. But these days our tastes are diverging. that said WFMU has clearly shaped her musical opinions...

Wed. 8/20/08 11:16am
SeaDonkey:
the kids will eventually find great music (hopefully) but like all kids they'll figure it out own their own. I'm sure all commenting here didn't dig at one point what their parents or others pushed on them (musically) but eventually you grow up into the big boy pants and realize how cool our parents actually are - at least that what i think of my donkey father and horse mother

Wed. 8/20/08 11:29am
Lizardner Dave:
Tricky Trays aren't exactly gambling. They're a fund raising gimmick where people buy bunches of tickets used to bid on various items. You bid by placing your tickets in the cup/hat/whatever next to the item and you increase your chances of being picked by increasing the number of tickets you put in for any given item.

It used to be called a "Chinese Auction" but the Spanish basketball team ruined that for everyone.